DO WOMEN REALLY PREFER OBAMA OVER ROMNEY?

                According to the polls, the answer is yes.   But assuming the polls are correct, why do women prefer Obama over Romney?  I have to admit, I’m perplexed.   Is it an issue of good looks, skin color or religion?  Or is it because of social issues and economics? 

                Democrats claim they have been more conscious and attentive to women’s issues than Republicans.   That may be true in the past but the proposition here ...

Book Report: 

The Roots of Obama’s Rage

By

Dinesh D’Souza

                From a conservative, patriotic point of view, D’Souza’s The Roots of Obama’s Rage, is a fantastic book both in content and readability.   D’Souza also confirms my contention that it takes someone who came from another country to become an American to really appreciated and love what America is all about.   Dinesh D’Souza, ...

There is a lot going on in our Country now!

            As a concerned citizen I’m watching with interest how events play out.   But in this blog I’m only going to concentrate on a couple of domestic issues.

             First, the Trayvon Martin shooting.   State Attorney and special prosecutor, Angela B. Corey, gave a press release today (4-10-12) that reminded me of Rahm Emanuel’s statement, “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” ...

Santorum’s Suspension Speech

                Santorum’s suspension speech April 10, 2012, was mostly about himself as opposed to defeating Obama, solidifying Republicans and restoring or preserving America’s prominence in the world.    The message I got is that he, Santorum was the better man, God’s choice, but he was out spent and out maligned by his “unnamed” opponent.  

                Rick deliberately didn’t mention Mitt Romney.   Nor did he ask his supporters to get behind Romney.   What he did say is that he ...

IS RELIGION JUST A FRONT FOR THESE MEN?

                Are the following men really religious ministers, pastors and reverends, or are their religious credentials nothing more than fronts for their political activism.  Each time I hear anything about these men or see clips of them on television, they are ranting about some perceived racial injustice or political unfairness.   And of course their latest rant has turned the shooting of Trayvon Martin into a racial controversy.   It is a shame that we allow ...

Are Memories better than what was Reality?

                As senior citizens we all have memories.   For those of us of the Korean War era, our memories go back to the forties and fifties when we were adolescents, teenagers and young men and women.   Memories are events that have stuck in our brains waiting to be recalled.   We don’t store away in our brains everything that happened to us, only those events that made an indelible impression.   To a large degree, what ...

An Interlude of Bliss

                Have you ever experienced a moment of intense euphoria, a special, singular event that eclipsed all other joyful experiences?  I’m not talking about erotic orgasms, those biological compulsions that fiction writers exploit, trying to out-erotic or shock each other.   I’m talking about an incident that transcends the biological, an emotional moment of elation that can only be described as phenomenal because it is without equal.

                The word, spiritual, comes to mind, but not to be confused ...

Our Goose-stepping Neighbors

                North Korea is getting ready to launch a missile; they say it’s really a rocket that will put a satellite in orbit.   And each time Fox TV does a story about North Korea they show North Korean soldiers goose-stepping in perfect formation.

                Have you noticed that the Iranian military also has goose-stepping soldiers.   And China does also.  

                A Goose-stepping military is for show only.   Of course when I saw the North ...

“THE MORAL LANDSCAPE” AND RELIGION

                A few blogs ago I quoted from Sam Harris’ book, The Moral Landscape,” then suggested that we humans have a predisposition towards a belief in supernatural phenomenon.   Harris’ thesis makes the argument that science is capable of establishing a universal social morality without relying upon religion; primarily because each religion has its own version of morality such as the wide moral gap between Islam and modern Christianity.   Harris’ argument has a lot to overcome because it ...

THE GOD WHO WASN’T THERE

                When the glory of ancient Egypt waned and its mighty stone edifices and temples were ravaged by earthquakes and sandstorms, Osiris, Ra, Horus and the other Egyptian gods became no more, as if they had never existed.    Where once the Great Ra reigned supreme, a new creator-ruler called Allah is now worshiped in Egypt.

                On Mount Olympus there once resided a conglomeration of gods, like Hallmark Greeting Cards, one for every occasion.   The ...

God Forbid We Upset the Muslims!

                The killing of 16 civilians in Afghanistan by an American Army Sgt. Is tragic.   President Obama has promised the Muslims a speedy investigation and disposition, calling it a heinous murder.   Of course he wants to appease the Muslims, that’s to be expected, but consider the following observations and predictions.

                Army psychiatrist, Nidal Malik Hasan, on Nov. 13, 2009, killed 13 and wounded 29 of his fellow soldiers.   The final disposition of ...

Santorum is a Whiner

                Did you watch Bill O’Reilly last night (3-14-12)?  He refuted Santorum’s complaint to NBC News Anchor, Brian Williams, that Fox was giving Romney more coverage than him.   Apparently, Brian Williams recently interviewed Rick and Rick reportedly said with certainty, because he has seen it, that Fox favored Romney and was not being fair to him.   O’Reilly asked Laura Ingram for her opinion and she thought that Fox was every bit as fair to Santorum as any other ...

Thoughts about the Christian Right

                The voting just ended in Mississippi and Alabama.

                According to the exit polls in Mississippi and Alabama 38% of voters believe the Republican candidate should share their religious principles.   These are the people Rick Santorum has pandered too and it has paid off.   It is that element of the electorate that keeps Rick in the Race.   And apparently Rick shares their super righteous, conservative views for he said that Jack Kennedy’s separation of church and state speech ...

REACHING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL

                In this morning’s Salt Lake Tribune there was an article quoting Rev. O’Neal Dozier, pastor of The Worldwide Christian Center Church at Pompano Beach, Florida, stating that Romney’s LDS faith in the past was raciest and denigrated Blacks, Jews and Christians and if he were the Republican candidate Obama would have a field day attacking Romney’s religion.   Pastor Dozier is an Honorary Chairman of Santorum’s campaign and is touted by the Santorum’s campaign as one of the conservative leaders ...

THE WELL-BEING OF CONSCIOUS CREATURES

                I like books that induce one to think.    I like literature that tends to play down religion’s role in morality because religion tends to believe it has a monopoly on morality.   When it comes to religion, morality and authority I’m an iconoclast. Consider the two following quotes which has reference to morality and well-being: 

                I think there is little doubt that most of what matters to the average person – like fairness, justice, compassion, ...

When It Comes to Islam, You’re Damn Right I’m Intolerant

                I’m as intolerant of Islam and radical Muslims as they are of us, Judaism, Christianity and secularism.   Islamic scripture, if you can call it scripture, is an ideology that condemns all other ideologies and faiths that are incompatible with the Quran, Surrah and Hadith.  

                You can call me an Islamophobe all you want because the word is a no brainer term  designed to label non believers ...

I had picture to go along with this article but I could not cut and past them to his article. Sorry

My Mentor

                He sits on the shelf above my computer screen watching my every move.   As you can see there is a hint of a smile on his face and a discerning gleam in his eyes.    When I am on my best behavior, that is, doing what ...

THE VERSE OF THE SWORD

                Afghans have been rioting now for five days over the burning of the Koran.   Why was the Koran burned?  The Air Force said it was a mistake.   Detainees had been using the Koran to pass “subversive” messages to each other.  

                To us Westerners, rioting over something that seems so trivial to us is beyond comprehension.   How shallow the lives of Afghan Muslims must be that they take to the streets, behaving like ...

Blue Eyes versus Brown Eyes

                A few years ago I read where a psychology teacher conducted an experiment by separating blue eyed students from the brown eyed students and then introduced rhetoric that pitted the blue eyes against the brown eyes.   What started in fun got suddenly personal where genuine animosity was generated between the two groups.   Each thought the other was inferior and sullied.   When the teacher tried to explain it was just an experiment and there was no ...

I THINK I KNOW THAT GUY

                If you are a passionate reader and thinker then you probably have a couple of favorite authors.   After devouring all his or her books and articles and experiencing a satisfying emotional connection, your author may feel like one of the family or a good friend.    If your friend is a non fiction writer then what you have read is his ideas or doctrines and whether you realize it or not, you have been influenced by his ideas, which may ...